by John Wynne | Mar 19, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Moral Monday, NC Politics, US Senate |
A couple of days ago, a group of North Carolinians went to meet with Sens. Burr and Tillis to try to convince them to support Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. They came away angry and disappointed, as the 45-minute meeting failed to convince...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
The long session of the legislature is starting to get interesting. The sides are drawing battle plans and they are not along partisan lines. The forces driving the political debate are: urban versus rural, free-marketeers versus pragmatists, and local government...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 18, 2015 | NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory has a slightly endearing habit of bouncing from one enthusiasm to another. First it was centralized infrastructure, then rural roads. He warned of a “very, very tight budget,” then demanded that we “fund his priorities,” and finally signed a massive,...
by John Wynne | Mar 18, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economy, Features, NC Politics, NCGov |
Good news for Governor McCrory: the state’s falling unemployment rate. The Department of Commerce revealed yesterday that the unemployment rate in North Carolina is holding steady at 5.4%, below the national average. When McCrory was elected in November 2012,...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 18, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Tax Reform |
I’m so glad that Republicans are finally embracing redistribution of wealth. Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) has proposed a new formula for doling out sales tax money that would take from the rich counties and give it to the poor. I wish they felt the same way about...
by John Wynne | Mar 17, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, NCGA, NCGOP |
State Sen. Harry Brown is a Jacksonville Republican, but he’s preparing to file a bill that will spread the wealth around. Brown’s bill would change the formula for how sales taxes are distributed. Right now, the formula gives a portion of the revenue to...
